Hipponicoidea
| Hipponicoidea | |
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| A shell of Malluvium otohimae | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Hipponicoidea Troschel, 1861 |
| Families | |
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Hipponicoidea, common name hoof shells or hoof snails, is a superfamily of small sea snails, limpet-like marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Hipponicoidea.[1]
Families
[edit]- Hipponicidae Troschel, 1861
- Synonyms
- Amaltheidae Dall, 1889: synonym of Hipponicidae Troschel, 1861 (Invalid: type genus a junior homonym of Amalthea Rafinesque, 1815 [Hymenoptera])
- Cheileidae Macpherson & Chapple, 1951: synonym of Hipponicidae Troschel, 1861
References
[edit]- ↑ MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Hipponicoidea Troschel, 1861. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=14771 on 2025-09-22
- Bouchet P., Rocroi J.P., Hausdorf B., Kaim A., Kano Y., Nützel A., Parkhaev P., Schrödl M. & Strong E.E. (2017). Revised classification, nomenclator and typification of gastropod and monoplacophoran families. Malacologia. 61(1–2): 1-526